KC046 (Early-Middle Hellenistic bronze coin of Sikyon) [permalink]
Type
Inventoried Object
Not after (date)
-200
Not before (date)
-300
Comment
JLR revised Weir 2022 (October 2024).
Logical part of
Inventoried Objects from the Greek-American Excavations at Koutsongila
Typological identification
Coin
Comparanda
NemeaIII 1432-1435, p. 138, pl. 17 (R. C. Knapp and J. D. MacIsaac)
Comparanda
Warren1983, pp. 38-43, Group 4C.3, pl. 7
Comparanda
Warren1998, p. 350, pl. 74:8, 9
Description
Die struck ca. 35% off flan to upper right obverse.
Preservation comment
Wear: G. Extensive incipient cratering and surficial cracking (especially reverse). Large patches of green bronze disease across both faces.
Published as
Weir2022, pp. 1124, 1125, no. 796, fig. 23.4
Axis (1-12)
5
Has denomination
Chalkous
Numismatic Diameter (mm)
14.0
Numismatic Mint
Sikyon
Numismatic Weight (g)
1.31
Obverse Description
Dove flying to left
Reverse Description
Name of city within wreath tied left (long, oval leaves and no berries?)
Reverse Inscription
Small ΣΙ (compact letters and sigma with slightly splayed bars and serifs)
Chronology comment
J. Warren (Warren1983, pp. 41-43) generally dates Group 4 chalkoi with the legend ΣΙ after those with Σ, and the serifs also indicate a late date in the range ca. 330-200 BCE. She speculates that historical events at the end of the 4th c. or around the second quarter of the 3rd c. might have occasioned the shift.
Belongs to Historical Period
Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Belongs to Historical Period
Middle Hellenistic (Historical Period)
Material
Bronze (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Bird (Visual Motif)
Obverse Photograph
Reverse Photograph